With the help of a gum chomping machine and years of careful chemistry, University of Kentucky researchers have developed a chewing gum that can help replace toothpaste and a toothbrush, thus improving the health of soldiers in the field as well as children in poor countries.

In what is known around the UK College of Pharmacy by the ever-so-catchy title of "the military gum project," an antimicrobial, known as KSL, is infused in chewing gum. KSL is anti-adhesive and abrasive agent that disrupts and helps dissolve plaque. » read more

A soldier returning to his parents in a casket may be the most painful thing for a family to endure. But the nightmare worsens.

One group of dedicated veterans, the Patriot Guard Riders, are there keep the protesters away. » read more

An animal rights group Tuesday renewed its campaign against the "happy cows" promotions by the California Milk Advisory Board.

The group said the cows live mostly in manure-filled dirt lots and suffer udder infections because of a lack of veterinary care. » read more

Selling candy didn't raise much money last year, so a Goldsboro middle school tried selling grades.

Wayne County school administrators stopped the fundraiser, issuing a statement this morning. » read more

Dorothy Goot and the thousand or so other women who served as pioneering pilots during World War II have been largely lost in history.

But these women changed things for other women. They wore military uniforms, turning heads so often they stopped noticing the double-takes. » read more